wander
verbEtymology
From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).
- inherited from wandren
Definitions
To move without purpose or specified destination
To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- to wander over the fields
- They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
To stray
To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- A writer wanders from his subject.
- O, let me not wander from thy commandments.
To commit adultery.
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To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds
To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
An act or instance of wandering.
- to go for a wander in the park
Deviation from a correct or normal value.
- baseline wander in ECG signals
A surname.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at wander. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at wander. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at wander
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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